St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-14
A SEASON OF OPERA
BY the Famous Locke OrganiZa-
ton, the National Company.

ton, the National Company
The season of the National opera will
be opened Thursday, Dec. %, with the
first performance i'll Minneapolis of
Wagner's superb opera, "Tannhauser,"
which is said to be one of the most
magnificent performances given by the
National Opera company. Both this
production and that of ''LOhengrin" on
Saturday evening, Dec. p. will doubt
less attract a number of opera lovers,
and especially Germans. from St. Paul.
as no Wagner opera is included in the
National opera repertoire for the st.
Paul opera season, which occurs for
three days prior to the Minneapolis
opera season. The performance of
''TannhauSer" will introduce here the
great dramatic tenor, ElOi Sylvia, as
Tannhauser; Nine. FurSch-Madi, who
is unrivalled as dramatic soprano as
Elizabeth: William Ludwig, the great
baritone, as Wolfram: Vetta, the basSO,
as Hermann. and Amanda Fabris,
Sophia Traubman. Messrs. StOddard,
Pache and BrOderick also in the cast.
This opera has only recently been added
to the repertoire of the National Opera,
and new and magnificent scenery and
costumes were lately made at an i'm
mense outlay i'll the National Opera
workshops in New York.
Friday evening, Dee. 23, most elab-
crate production of GOunOd'S Faust"
is promised. 1t will be the first per-
torrance here in its entirety of GOu-
mods ever popular opera. and it is
spoken of as by far the most brilliant
representation of this opera ever given
in this country. The beautiful soprano,
Nine. Juch, who made such a success
here i'm concert with the Thomas OrcheS-
ira, will appear as Marguerite, with the
first appearance here of the SamOuS
English tenor, Barton McGuckin, as
Faust. The interior of the church
scene and the WalpurgiS night
and grand bacchanal ballet in
the fourth act. which are rarely given
outside of the Grand opera house, Paris,
will be seen here for the first time. For
the Saturday matinee Goldmark' great
opera. The Queen of Sheba," should
prove a strong attraction. For magnifi-
cent stage spectacleS. this is said to eX-
eel any of the elaborate productions by
the National Opera company. The east
will include Nine. FurSch-Madi; Bertha
PierSOn. who is said to be Il fine dra-
matte soprano: Charles BaSSett. clever
Young American tenor. and other lead
ing artists of the company. The per-
Torrance of Wagner's great opera,
"Lohngrin.'' with which the season
will be closed Saturday evening.
Dec. "a, will have Sophia Traub-
man as Elsa and ElOi Sylvia
as LOhengrin. The musical direction
of the opera is in the hands of Gustav
Hinrichs, who last summer directed
great many of the National opera per-
formanceS, and the stage director is
William Hook, whose clever work as
stage director of the Metropolitan opera
house, New York, and of the old Ameri-
can and National opera companies, has
made him as famous in America as he
was in Germany. The coming season
of National opera promises to be in
every respect a brilliant success. The
sale of seats opens at the Grand Opera
house OH Friday next, Dee. 1G, at 8
a. IN. Orders by mail addressed to J. F.
COnklin. Grand Opera house. Minneapo-
lis, Will receive prompt attention.